It's Ginger Cat Appreciation Day. (meet Orange Tabby, AKA Klaw, Aka Speedbump, our parking lot kitty)
September 1 is the 245th day of the year
121 days remain until the end of the year.
63 days until Election day
Tuesday November 03 2020
2 months and 2 days from today
The sun rises at 6:39 this morning
and the sun will set tonight at 7:37pm
We will have 12 hours and 58 minuted of daylight
The first low tide is right now at 5:48 at minus point 16 feet
The only high tide will be at 12:49 this afternoon at 5.51 feet
and the final low tide at Aquatic Park will be at 5:55 this afternoon at 2.2 feet
The Moon is currently 99.4% visible
It’s a proper full moon at 10:22 tonight
The September Full Moon is called the Full Corn Moon, also the Harvest Moon. This Moon corresponds with the time of harvesting corn. It’s also called the Barley Moon and the Yellow Leaf Moon.
Today is…
Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day
National No Rhyme or Reason Day
Toy Tips Executive Toy Test Day
Today is also…
Disaster Prevention Day in Japan
First day of school in many countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uzbekistan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Knowledge Day in Russia, Ukraine and Armenia
Random Acts of Kindness Day in New Zealand
On this day in history…
1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
1897 – The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
1906 – The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
1914 – The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
1920 – The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
1934 – The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
1952 – The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
1969 – A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
1972 – In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
1982 – The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
1983 – Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
1985 – A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
And if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with…
1653 – Johann Pachelbel, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1706)
1854 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German playwright and composer (d. 1921)
1875 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author (d. 1950)
1896 – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (d. 1977)
1922 – Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2007)
1923 – Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)
1925 – Art Pepper, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1982)
1931 – Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
1933 – Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (d. 2006)
1933 – Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
1935 – Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor and director
1938 – Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer and author
1939 – Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, screenwriter
1942 – C. J. Cherryh, American author and educator
1944 – Archie Bell, American soul singer-songwriter and musician
1944 – Leonard Slatkin, American conductor and composer
1946 – Barry Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer
1948 – Russ Kunkel, American drummer and producer